Benefits Think News You Can’t Use: Citigroup lays off thousands, begins HR exec search

It won´t affect your day-to-day business, but it´s interesting nonetheless to note that despite layoffs numbering in the thousands, Citigroup plans to hire a new HR executive to focus on training for the company´s 38,000 workers in its North American consumer banking division. In an economy that clearly is struggling mightily, this investment not only in HR but in training has to make HR/benefit managers feel pretty good about the work they are doing, and that their skills are marketable and valued. In case you´re looking to apply, the company is seeking an executive-level practitioner with 20 years of experience.